Never heard such sexy clicks...

"Back to the Start" by Herbert -- Matthew Herbert is one of my favorite weirdo-house artists, and this is a great example of his genius at work. Paired, as he usually is, with Dani Siciliano on vocals, Herbert brings to the table percussion made of out all manner of items (including internal medical microphones, a technique he learned from his pals in Matmos), and all recorded in "Swingtime" - all of this is done with particular rules he's established for himself (see the 'Manifesto' section of his site), which essentially boil down to always creating as much of the sounds as possible by himself, whether its by playing 'real' instruments, never using presets with synths, no drum machines, "9. A notation of sounds used to be taken and made public." and "10. A list of technical equipment used to be made public." - these constraints just make for more interesting listening, in my opinion. Matthew has also recorded as Radioboy, Doctor Rockit, Wishmountain, and his most recent project The Matthew Herbert Big Band (a real Big Band/Jazz Orchestra that he wrote/played in, then manipulated the sounds of later), and has produced music for film and television - talk about versatile, huh? When he remixes other people, its always with the same careful hand, most of which are available on the compilation Secondhand Sounds (which also has some tracks of his other aliases). Also good is his mix CD, Lets All Make Mistakes, which collects some truly great variations on house music. Anyway, this song comes from the "Leave Me Now" single, which, like much of his output is mighty sweet - it swings, it bumps, and Dani's voice is like silk covered in honey. Purchase the single here - also, I highly reccomend "The Audience" single, available here.